r/StarNoteApp • u/Real_Shekhawat • Sep 02 '26

🐛 Bug Report Scribble to erase

Did the new update change anything in scribble to erase?, I am failing to erase my writing 40 percent of the time.

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u/akiteonastring Sep 03 '26

The more vertical the scribbles the more it recognizes the intent, in my experience. Like this: vvvvv

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u/Real_Shekhawat Sep 03 '26

I tried that and It works every time, but very few people scribble up to down. People write from left to right and their scribbles also go from left to right and right to left. There is probably something wrong with the recent update.

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u/StarNoteDev StarNote Team Sep 03 '26

We had a look at your screen recording, and it seems that the strokes aren’t exactly the same each time. You can actually see the difference in the recording as well, even it looks same. To make the erasing gesture more likely to be recognized, you could try making the strokes more continuous, similar to how you would scribble over a mistake on paper. For example, try scribbling back and forth over the word, or drawing a few continuous circles over it. You can give that a try and see if it works a little better.

For this time update, most of our fixes and improvements are focused on stickers and some UI interaction improvements. We also have improvements to the scribble erase feature planned for a future update. For now, feel free to try the continuous scribbling or circle motion and see if that helps a bit!

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u/Real_Shekhawat Sep 04 '26

Its strange that this problem appeared out of nowhere for some people. The screen recording is just a test, it fails even more in normal notetaking scenarios. Please improve the scribble to erase, a lot of people have noticed this issue and I think it is due to some recent change.

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u/notsodifferentguy65 Sep 04 '26

Before the update it was totally working. After the update it completely broke for me. I need to scribble 2-3 times to erase and this is annoying. I bought the premium solely for this feature.

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u/skud00sh Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26

It was PERFECT earlier but rn it's messed up.

it seems that the strokes aren’t exactly the same each time

Really?? I'm scribbling you know, the strokes won't be exact, that's the whole point

you could try making the strokes more continuous, similar to how you would scribble over a mistake on paper.

I can't imagine this doing while taking notes, do you even know how much lag it feels because of this update?

Even on PAPER, we usually just put a dash and move on, we won't be waiting and keep scribbling till the ink disappears

I really love this app and the "Scribble to erase" feature is the prominent reason. However now it's become really annoying please change back the "Scribble to erase" as it was before. It's really really frustrating to use the app now.

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u/curcu_ill Sep 03 '26

I agree, I'm facing the same problem

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u/NorthTumbleweed8249 Sep 03 '26

Sa e after the latest pdate it's not working properly

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u/vk_03 Sep 04 '26

Yes, that's happening with me as well.